US7414710B2 - Device for checking banknotes - Google Patents

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US7414710B2
US7414710B2 US10/557,819 US55781904A US7414710B2 US 7414710 B2 US7414710 B2 US 7414710B2 US 55781904 A US55781904 A US 55781904A US 7414710 B2 US7414710 B2 US 7414710B2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/181—Testing mechanical properties or condition, e.g. wear or tear
    • G07D7/185—Detecting holes or pores
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for checking bank notes, having a linear sensor and a linear light source wherein the bank notes are moved past between the sensor and the light source for the check, the sensor detecting light from the light source transmitted by the bank notes.
  • Such apparatuses are known for example from DE 198 40 482 A1 and normally referred to as transmission sensors since light from a light source transmitted by the bank notes to be checked is detected by a sensor and evaluated.
  • Known light-field apparatuses are frequently used for recognizing the format of bank notes and/or defects, e.g. tears or holes, by the shadow cast in the bank notes.
  • the light background is imperative, on the one hand, to permit e.g. the defects of areas with dark printing to be reliably distinguished.
  • the shadow itself should be as dark as possible.
  • the contrast of the bank notes with the background must be as high as possible. This must also apply to areas with maximum transmission, e.g. areas without printing, or even to transparent areas such as see-through registers on bank notes with a plastic substrate.
  • both optics must be of sufficiently telecentric design, i.e. they may only use light beams that deviate only a few degrees from the parallels to the optical axis.
  • the background used is as a rule a line of chip LEDs or backlit surface. This causes the contrast to be adjusted to a lower value than can be obtained with optimal illumination, because the bank note is also illuminated by light beams that, because of their direction relative to the optical axis, can contribute to scattered light but not to the background.
  • the invention starts out from an apparatus for checking bank notes having a linear sensor and a linear light source wherein the bank notes are moved past between the sensor and the light source for the check, the sensor detecting light from the light source transmitted by the bank notes, wherein the linear sensor and the linear light source each have an aperture such that the aperture of the light source is equal to or smaller than the aperture of the sensor, both apertures being sufficiently small.
  • the inventive apparatus has the advantage that the adaptation of the apertures of light source and sensor cause all light beams from the source that illuminate the area of the bank note detected by the detector to reach the detector if a bank note is absent. Therefore, the luminous intensity of the light source can be selected so small that the illuminance in the plane of the bank note need not be greater than is required for the full output of the sensor if a bank note is absent between light source and sensor. Thus, only a low luminous intensity of the light source is required, which permits the occurring power dissipation to be greatly reduced.
  • the adapted aperture of the illumination permits a minimization of the light scattered by the bank notes to be checked, so that high contrast is obtained.
  • This contrast (defined here as the quotient of the signal without a bank note to the signal with a bank note) is approximately equal to the quotient from 16 times the focal ratio K (whose reciprocal is called the aperture ratio) determining the aperture and the transmission coefficient T (always smaller than 1) of the bank note at 1:1 imaging and ideal scattering in the bank note according to Lambert's law (into a spherical characteristic in the half-space).
  • the maximally obtainable contrast is approximately 64 times the reciprocal transmission coefficient 1/T with Lambert scattering; at a focal ratio 4 it is already 256 times.
  • the apparatus has homogeneous SELFOC® lenses with homogeneous imaging properties in front of light source and sensor in each case. These consist of a parallel arrangement of small-diameter lightguide rod lenses with upright 1:1 imaging. For imaging a linear object, the arrangement is substantially linear in the line direction with one or more rows perpendicular thereto. The images produced by the individual rod lenses overlap to form a linear image. The aperture of the individual rod lens determines the aperture in the total image. The smaller the aperture is (typical focal ratios being between 2 and 5 in the described application), the greater the contrast is and the more the illumination and imaging beam paths also approach the ideal of the telecentric beam path, i.e. the smaller the scale changes through bank-note flutter also are.
  • SELFOC® lenses with homogeneous imaging properties in front of light source and sensor in each case. These consist of a parallel arrangement of small-diameter lightguide rod lenses with upright 1:1 imaging. For imaging a linear object, the arrangement is substantially linear in the line direction with one or more rows perpendicular
  • the embodiment further has the advantage that the apparatus can be easily integrated into a transport system of a bank note processing machine due to the small extension of the SELFOC® lenses in the direction of transport of the bank notes to be checked.
  • the small extension also allows design as a free flight path, i.e. the transport system extends only as far as the front and rear limits of the apparatus while the transport system does not extend into the area of the apparatus, thereby permitting the bank notes to be checked completely without being covered by the transport system.
  • the apparatus has a light source containing an Ulbricht cylinder. This is the cylindrical execution of the well-known Ulbricht sphere.
  • the further embodiment has the advantage that the Ulbricht cylinder, in particular together the SELFOC lens, permits homogeneous, linear illumination with a given aperture.
  • the single figure shows the schematic structure of an apparatus 1 for checking bank notes BN in a view in the transport direction of the bank notes to be checked and a view from the side.
  • the apparatus 1 for checking bank notes BN has a linear light source 2 , 3 , 4 and a linear sensor 5 , 6 , 7 .
  • the linear sensor 5 , 6 , 7 can be formed by a linear carrier 7 with photodiodes 6 or also by a linear CCD or CMOS array. With commercially available components it is thus readily possible to obtain resolutions of 0.1 mm.
  • Linear light source 2 , 3 , 4 and linear sensor 5 , 4 , 6 have extensions corresponding at least to the dimension of the largest bank note to be examined. However, the extensions are advantageously selected greater than the dimension of the largest bank note to be examined in order to detect the edges of the bank note when its position fluctuates relative to the sensor.
  • “dimension of the bank note” is intended to mean either its length or its width.
  • Linear light source 2 , 3 , 4 and linear sensor 5 , 6 , 7 each have an aperture (9 designating pencils of rays in the two cutting planes shown) which is so formed that the aperture of the light source 2 , 3 , 4 is equal to or smaller than the aperture of the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 .
  • the apertures of light source 2 , 3 , 4 and sensor 5 , 6 , 7 can be formed by an imaging system 4 of the light source 2 , 3 , 4 and an imaging system 5 of the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 in each case.
  • the imaging systems 4 and 5 can be of homogeneous structure, with homogeneous imaging properties.
  • the imaging systems 4 and 5 can be formed by lenses.
  • Particularly suitable lenses 4 and 5 are lens arrays, i.e. linearly disposed gradient index lenses which produce 1:1 imaging and detect only beams of a small angular range.
  • linearly disposed gradient index lenses are known under the name SELFOC®.
  • Linearly disposed gradient index lenses have moreover the advantage of having only a small extension, e.g. 2 mm, in the direction of transport of the bank notes to be checked. This allows the apparatus 1 to be installed in the transport system of a bank note processing machine with a so-called free flight path, i.e. no parts of the transport system are located in the area of the apparatus 1 , so that the surfaces of the bank notes to be checked can be detected completely by the apparatus 1 or the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 .
  • diaphragms can be used in combination with the imaging systems 4 and/or 5 , for further adjustment of the particular desired aperture.
  • the linear light source 2 , 3 , 4 emits mainly homogeneous light.
  • the light source 2 , 3 , 4 is advantageously formed for this purpose by an Ulbricht cylinder 2 with illuminants 3 , e.g. LEDs or laser diodes.
  • the Ulbricht cylinder 2 produces via the imaging system 4 a homogeneously illuminated surface in the plane of the bank notes to be checked, the illuminating surface being formed by the back wall of the Ulbricht cylinder 2 .
  • Homogenization of the light is obtained by multiple diffuse reflection on the walls of the Ulbricht cylinder 2 and the blurred imaging of the back wall by the imaging system 4 which has its focus approximately in the center of the Ulbricht cylinder 2 .
  • prism films and/or reflective polarizers can be provided in the output gap of the Ulbricht cylinder 2 . These were developed for light concentration into the utilizable angle of vision and low-loss polarization in LCD displays.
  • the detection of polarized light with a parallel polarizer on the side of the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 furthermore produces a further increase in contrast by a factor of two, since the scattering eliminates the polarization and thus halves the signal.
  • the illuminants 3 are mounted at the ends of the Ulbricht cylinder 2 , as shown, a drop toward the center results due to continuous output losses in the longitudinal direction.
  • the inhomogeneity becomes greater the smaller the diffuse reflection coefficient of the wall of the Ulbricht cylinder 2 is.
  • a more homogeneous output is obtained by designing the wall to be reflective partially in areas that cannot be detected directly by the imaging system 4 .
  • Another possibility for homogenization is to have a plurality of illuminants 3 protruding laterally into the Ulbricht cylinder 2 . In this case it is advantageous to mount the illuminants somewhat remote from the ends (e.g. at approx. 1 ⁇ 4 and 3 ⁇ 4 of the length).
  • the apparatus 1 for checking bank notes BN is used particularly advantageously for determining the format of the bank notes BN to be checked and/or defects, such as tears or holes, for which purpose it is sufficient to process a binary signal produced by the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 from the signal with the help of a suitable threshold, which can detect even small holes and tears particularly with high precision due to the described great contrast.
  • a suitable threshold which can detect even small holes and tears particularly with high precision due to the described great contrast.
  • the apparatus 1 for checking bank notes BN is likewise used advantageously for checking areas with maximum transmission, e.g. areas without printing or transparent areas such as see-through registers on bank notes with a plastic substrate. Within these areas it is even possible to recognize defects such as tears and/or holes, including the above-mentioned small defects, microholes or microtears.
  • the recognition of defects can be improved if means for opening the defects, such as tears and/or holes, are employed during the check by the apparatus 1 .
  • This can be done for example by compressed air aimed at the surface of the bank note BN.
  • the bank note BN can be beaten or bent by mechanical means, so that the defects can be clearly recognized. Recognition is considerably improved particularly in the case of the stated microholes or microtears if the described active measures for opening the defects are carried out.
  • a further improvement in the processing of the signals from the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 can be obtained if the signals produced by the sensor 5 , 6 , 7 are produced and/or processed in such a way that they have several gradations, i.e. the signals are produced and/or processed as gray scale signals.

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